Kukulkan
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Kukulkan, also spelled K’uk’ulkan, is the serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. Prominent temples
Reconstructed 2D-portrait of Kukulkan
Kukulkan at the base of the west face of the northern stairway of El Castillo, Chichen Itza
Kukulkan at Chichen Itza during the Equinox.
The Classic Maya vision serpent, as depicted at Yaxchilan.
El Castillo, Chichen Itza
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El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is a Mesoamerican step-pyramid that dominates the center of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán. The temple building
Kukulkan
…ceased to be the Vision Serpent that served as a messenger between the king and the gods and came instead to symbolise the divinity of the territory. El Castillo, Chichen Itza served as a temple to Kukulkan. During the spring and fall equinoxes the shadow cast by the angle of the sun and edges of the nine steps of the pyramid…
North-west view of El Castillo
The Red Jaguar Throne found in what is described as the throne room of the Temple of Kukulcán at the Chichen Itza archaeological site.
Aerial view of the Temple of Kukulcán
North side of the Temple of Kukulcán